dab hand

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dab hand The actor and director remains a dab hand at occasion dressing. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025 All of which curious George, a dab hand at psychological manipulation, coaxes along with the gentlest of nudges. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 Van Norden, a dab hand with Shakespeare, is a natural for Shaw. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 Zach is a dab hand at herbal knockout potions and the occasional amateur amputation, and there’s a scene featuring the latter in which Wheatley indulges his twin tastes for deadpan comedy and head-on gross-outs to the extreme. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021 In addition to the outfits of the characters in her famous self-portraits, American artist Cindy Sherman is also a dab hand at finds for herself. Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dab hand
Noun
  • Some states have instituted requirements for websites with adult or pornographic content to verify visitors' age before granting access, although tech experts have pointed out VPNs can be used to get around those guardrails.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Asheville Citizen Times asked a public policy expert about the shutdown.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hearing about a shoe designer getting more attention than a professional athlete, Boyle remembered his own company’s involvement with a master of the craft.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This Levoit is down 30%, and a master of hair and fur removal.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In recent months, as despotism intensified an increasing number of writers, scholars, and thinkers were declared foreign agents, and their books were taken off the shelves.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of press freedom groups and more than 100 leading writers, journalists and scholars called for Guevara’s release from ICE detention.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An effective trustee is skilled in conflict resolution and adept at maintaining open communication while prioritizing the trust’s objectives.
    Royce Ramey, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Look for an enrollment wizard through notifications and in Settings, Microsoft says.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Season 1 of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place saw Justin take the young wizard Billie (played by Janice LeAnn Brown) under his wing and into his family.
    Julia MacCary, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cave is a professor at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in addition to being an artist.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Brown is the tour's headlining artist, with singer/rappers Jhene Aiko and Bryson Tiller also on the bill.
    John Beifuss, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your little virtuoso can also activate the pixel piano player mode that builds and displays cool versions of their favorite animals.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier, John Mayer opened with an easygoing, hour-long set interspersed with his moments of virtuoso guitar heat.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Norwegian princess married the spiritual guru in a three-day wedding in Norway in August 2024 in a celebration attended by family and friends, including her royal relatives.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As for Stack, the album bumped him into a new stratosphere as a studio guru — one who had racked up credits with HAIM, Empress Of and Kacy Hill, but never a pop star of Lorde’s acclaim.
    Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Dab hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dab%20hand. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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